India-1946: Large Ocean Liner and Statue of Liberty View

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Large Ocean Liner and Statue of Liberty View — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a large ocean liner with red and black smokestacks docked at a port, adorned with festive bunting. The scene transitions to a distant view of the Statue of Liberty rising above the water, filmed from a moving vessel. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and film scratches, evoking a nostalgic mid-20th century travel memory. The sequence suggests a passenger's perspective during a transatlantic journey, blending maritime grandeur with iconic American landmarks.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124756236

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1725 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: reel 1
Reel-level year note: 1946
Reel-level location note: india
Date: 1946 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: India Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s 8mm travel footage suited to documentary requests for ocean liner arrivals, harbor views, and Statue of Liberty approach material.
Period detail: The ocean liner funnels, deck bunting, and distant harbor monument may show mid-1940s passenger travel seen from a visitor's camera.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a passenger or visitor-shot perspective, with distant handheld framing from a moving vessel rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large liner with red-and-black funnels, festive bunting, open harbor water, the Statue of Liberty, distant shoreline, and film gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, muted color, gate borders, vertical scratches, dust, and slight handheld movement that signal original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief arrival insert, maritime transition, harbor cutaway, or memory beat in a travel or immigration sequence.
Historical context: The imagery places ocean travel and a recognizable harbor landmark within a mid-century home-movie travel context without confirming the voyage route.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are apparent, but copyright status, landmark depiction, vessel identity, and property considerations still require review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s 8mm ocean liner footage, Statue of Liberty harbor view, vintage home movie ship arrival, and mid-century travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then with same-year harbor or Statue of Liberty material, then with broader ocean liner and arrival themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s 8mm home-movie view of a docked ocean liner with red-and-black funnels, bunting, and soft faded color. — A large passenger liner with decorated rigging and twin funnels fills the upper film frame.

1940s 8mm frame showing the liner's funnels and bunting with heavy gate shadows, scratches, and faded exposure. — The decorated liner remains visible behind dark frame edges and surface wear on the film.

Distant 8mm harbor view of the Statue of Liberty rising above the water, filmed from a moving vessel. — The Statue of Liberty appears small in the distance across open harbor water.

Faded 8mm travel frame of the Statue of Liberty and low shoreline seen from across the harbor. — A second distant harbor view holds on the Statue of Liberty with the shoreline behind it.

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